Chloral

• Formula: C₂HCl₃O
• Molecular weight: 147.388
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2HCl3O/c3-2(4,5)1-6/h1H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HFFLGKNGCAIQMO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-87-6
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Acetaldehyde, trichloro-; Anhydrous chloral; Trichloroacetaldehyde; Trichloroethanal; CCl3CHO; Trichloracetaldehyde; 2,2,2-Trichloroethanal; Cloralio; Grasex; Rcra waste number U034; 2,2,2-Trichloroacetaldehyde; Acetaldehyde, 2,2,2-trichloro-
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: C₂HCl₃O + H₂O = C₂H₃Cl₃O₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: HNaO + C₂HCl₃O = CHNaO₂ + CHCl₃

 +  =

By formula: CH₄O + C₂HCl₃O = 2,2,2-trichloro-1-methoxyethanol

 +  =

By formula: C₃H₈O + C₂HCl₃O = 2,2,2-trichloro-1-isopropoxyethanol

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₆O + C₂HCl₃O = C₄H₇Cl₃O₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Wiberg, Morgan, et al., 1994
Wiberg, K.B.; Morgan, K.M.; Maltz, H., Thermochemistry of carbonyl reactions. 6. A study of hydration equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 11067-11077. [all data]

Henke, Hadad, et al., 1993
Henke, S.L.; Hadad, C.M.; Morgan, K.M.; Wiberg, K.B.; Wasserman, H.H., A theorectical and experimental investigation of vicinal tricarbonyl systems and their hydrates, J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58, 2830-2839. [all data]

Pritchard and Skinner, 1950
Pritchard, H.O.; Skinner, H.A., The heats of hydrolysis of chloral and bromal, and the C-C bond dissociation energies in chloral and bromal, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 1928-1931. [all data]

Jensen and Pedersen, 1971
Jensen, R.B.; Pedersen, S.B., Reaction between chloral and alcohols. 9. Dissociation of chloral hemiacetals of some aliphatic primary and secondary alcohols, Acta Chem. Scand., 1971, 25, 2911-2930. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Guimon, Pfister-Guillouzo, et al., 1985
Guimon, G.; Pfister-Guillouzo, G.; Rima, G.; El Amine, M.; Barrau, J., Generation, detection and electronic structure of dimethyl germanone by photoelectron spectroscopy and quantum calculations, Spectrosc. Lett., 1985, 18, 7. [all data]

Katsumata and Kimura, 1975
Katsumata, S.; Kimura, K., Photoelectron spectra and sum rule consideration. Effect of chlorine substitution on ionization energies for chloroethanes, chloroacetaldehydes and chloroacetyl chlorides, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1975, 6, 309. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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